Galveston County deputy admits to picking up drugs for inmate, sheriff's office says

GALVESTON, Texas - A Galveston County Sheriff's deputy has been charged after he admitted his role in picking up drugs for an inmate, the sheriff's office said.

The investigation began with contraband being smuggled into the jail. It revealed an inmate had arranged for contraband to be delivered to a location away from the jail and to have Galveston County Sheriff's deputy Celestino Sanchez pick it up and bring it back to that inmate in jail, the sheriff's office said.